The organization has a strategy to copy its VM and Agent backups to the alternate site. The backup administrator has requested to implement a similar…

The "File share copy job" is the specific feature in Veeam Backup & Replication designed to create a secondary copy of unstructured data backups. This job type allows you to copy file share backups from a source repository to a target repository, which can be at an alternate site. Crucially, it enables the configuration of a separate retention policy for the copied data, fulfilling the requirement for 10 additional days of retention. This functionality directly mirrors the backup copy strategy used for VMs and agents.

A. File to tape job: This job is for archiving file share backups to tape media for long-term retention, not for creating a secondary disk-based copy.

B. File share backup job: This job creates the primary backup of the unstructured data from the source file share; it does not copy an existing backup.

D. Periodic backup copy: This is a scheduling mode within a standard Backup Copy job, which is used for VM and agent backups, not for unstructured data backups.

1. Veeam Backup & Replication V12 User Guide for VMware vSphere

"File Share Backup Copy

" Page 1

Section: "File Share Backup Copy". The guide states

"To create a copy of your file share backups

you can use file share copy jobs. A file share copy job allows you to copy a file share backup from one backup repository to another."

2. Veeam Backup & Replication V12 User Guide for VMware vSphere

"Retention Policy for File Share Copy

" Page 1

Section: "Retention Policy for File Share Copy". This section details how to configure a separate retention policy for the copied files

stating

"For each file share copy job

you can define a separate retention policy."

3. Veeam Backup & Replication V12 User Guide for VMware vSphere

"File to Tape Jobs

" Page 1

Section: "File to Tape Jobs". This confirms that the purpose of this job is to "archive files from file shares to tape."

4. Veeam Backup & Replication V12 User Guide for VMware vSphere

"Backup Copy

" Page 1

Section: "Backup Copy". This section clarifies that Backup Copy jobs are for image-level backups (VMs

physical machines)

not file shares.